Rahul Gandhi meets Prez Mukherjee, complains over passage of IT Bill without discussion

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met President Pranab Mukherjee and raised objection to the manner in which the Income Tax Amendment Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha without proper discussion.

He was accompanied by a delegation of 18 opposition parties.

"We met the President because the bill was passed through Parliament without allowing any discussion. There is a sense in the country that the voice of people is suppressed. This is being done across the country and now it has been done in Parliament House blatantly. This is not the way to run Parliamentary business," he said.

Gandhi said that they submitted a memorandum to President Mukherjee while accusing the government of suppressing the opposition's voice in Parliament.

The Bill to amend the IT Act to impose tax on deposits made post-demonetisation was passed in Lok Sabha on Tuesday without discussion amid sloganeering by the opposition.